How to Use blazing in a Sentence

blazing

adjective
  • She runs with blazing speed.
  • Golden State’s blazing start to the second half helped create a 17-point cushion.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Nikola Jokic is off to another blazing start to the season and the reigning MVP figures to once again push for that title.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • These bleak, blazing days in the country are a result of the first.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 30 July 2023
  • The senior transfer with blazing speed should see the field for a team that went 8-5 last year.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2023
  • The blazing hot stock market seems to set new records just about every day.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 May 2024
  • Bluegrass Wise Man: There is no real blazing speed in the race.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Then Thomas, who ran in a different heat from Richardson, upped the ante with a blazing 21.78, the world's best this year.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 30 June 2024
  • Second, there is now a far greater range of gear ratios, from super-slow all the way up to a blazing 10:1.
    Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But as the Huskies tried to punt, Robinson burst through the line in a blazing bit of redemption, overwhelming the punter.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The scorched area also appears geo-consistent with the photo of the blazing Tu-22.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The now-chief says fighting blazing fires reminds him a lot of skating in chilly arenas.
    Isabella Zarate, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2023
  • As a blazing visual feast, this is a must-see at the theaters, forget streaming.
    Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2023
  • As a blazing visual feast, this is a must-see at the theatres — forget streaming.
    Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Summer in Phoenix means seeking solace from the blazing hot sun.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
  • All of a sudden, the Rangers are 39-20 and the best start in franchise history continues at a blazing pace.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • The winner of the Eclipse Award four times in the past five years is off to a blazing start in 2023, leading the nation in earnings and total victories.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2023
  • After the blazing start, the Kings looked a step slow, especially point guard De’Aaron Fox, who was a minus-34 in his 28-plus minutes.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The refrigeration system proved no match for a blazing June sun and the show had to be canceled.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • On South Beach, some nightclubs come and go with blazing speed (remember Hell?
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In 2021, the band played a blazing show at the Birmingham-area’s Oak Mountain Amphitheater.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 June 2022
  • The temperature is a blazing 90 degrees, but the heat isn’t what’s troubling him.
    Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Blame Botswana’s blazing hot sun and the animals who prefer to be active early in the morning.
    Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Freshman Nicole Humphries of Flower Mound emerged as the winner in a blazing race in which the top finishers ran under 2:10.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • With next-level grit and a blazing fast stride, 28-year-old Hassan surged by her competitors one by one.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 2 Aug. 2021
  • His third required a gutsy flop shot from a sketchy lie that had to land with spin and precision on a blazing fast, sloping green.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Come out blazing and tag Portugal for a couple of goals early.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • The 2024 wildfire season has gotten off to a blazing start in the Pacific Northwest.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2024
  • In a genre with no shortage of blazing guns and casual killing, The Ox-Bow Incident makes every death sting.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • As the sun sets, be sure to make your way out to the beach to see the sky come alive in blazing color before heading to ‘Ama ‘Ama, the resort’s oceanfront fine dining restaurant.
    Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023

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